{"id":33065,"date":"2012-10-12T05:43:20","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T05:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2012\/10\/12\/curiosity-kills-17\/"},"modified":"2012-10-12T05:43:20","modified_gmt":"2012-10-12T05:43:20","slug":"curiosity-kills-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2012\/10\/12\/curiosity-kills-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Curiosity kills"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cMust not be that curious after all \u2026 I\u2019m wounded. Oh, no, what\u2019s this?\u201d She arched an eyebrow. \u201cDefinitely curiosity. And a lot of anger, my my. You do a lovely poker face, Mr Stark, but I\u2019ll give you a secret: I know what you\u2019re feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

His passive, disinterested expression never wavered. His curiosity, however, piqued even further. \u201cThat so?\u201d He retorted with dry skepticism. Tony Stark was a man of science. Talk of \u2018magic\u2019 and mind reading and the such, he always approached from a logical standpoint, never to trust fully without first testing the theory. \u201cAnd what am I feeling right now?\u201d A dark brow arched in a clear challenge.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Summer lifted a hand between them, eyes sliding out of focus. Her voice went toneless, empty, and a little crease appeared between her brows. \u201cYou\u2019re curious. You don\u2019t trust me \u2014 no, it\u2019s that you don\u2019t believe me. But you\u2019re intrigued yet.\u201d A slow blink pulled her out of the trance, and she tipped her head at Tony. \u201cI expect that\u2019s not good enough for you. It usually isn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Still skeptical, Tony rolled his eyes. \u201cSo you\u2019re very <\/em>observant. I could pull the same stunt you just did. Doesn\u2019t make me a mind reader, or whatever you <\/em>are.\u201d He shrugged a shoulder, a challenging look on his face.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThe word is empath.\u201d Summer drew a deep breath. \u201cShall I go farther? It really doesn\u2019t matter to me if you believe me or not. I know what I am, and that\u2019s what\u2019s important. Though I really have to suggest you see someone about that self-doubt problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Brown eyes narrowed, the only tell of his mild unease. As a recovery, a faux bewildered expression crossed his face. \u201cWhere did you even get <\/em>that from? I, never, doubt myself.\u201d An arrogant smirk smoothed his features coolly.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cOoooh, very good with the lies there, Mr Stark. Keep telling yourself that and one day it\u2019ll be true again. That little voice in the back of your head that you can\u2019t quite ignore, saying, \u2018you\u2019ll never be as good as him\u2019. \u2018You\u2019ll never make up for those who died indirectly at your hands\u2019. \u2018I should have died so that he could live\u2019.\u201d Her smirk matched his almost exactly. \u201cThere are other methods of proof, if you prefer, or we can just talk about something else.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Tony Stark listened in stunned silence, his face betraying nothing, however. He cleared his throat when the girl finished. \u201cNeat little trick you got there,\u201d he said snarkily. \u201cBut there are other, more interesting things, we could be talking about. Like\u2026why are you bothering me with all of this?\u201d She was proving to be a lot more than met the eye. Despite being thrown slightly off kilter by her, very insightful, revelation, his curiosity at her never wavered.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“Hey, you noticed me first, I think. And I don’t think it would be a good idea for me to walk away right now with your curiosity prickling at my spine. Let’s just make this easy: what do you want to know?” Summer arched an eyebrow at the genius inventor, pursing her lips. There were edges to this one, edges she could cut herself on if she wasn’t careful. But what was life without risks?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

philanthropistplayboybillionaire: iamthefirechild: philanthropistplayboybillionaire: iamthefirechild: philanthropistplayboybillionaire: iamthefirechild: philanthropistplayboybillionaire: iamthefirechild: \u201cMust not be that curious after all \u2026 I\u2019m wounded. Oh, no, what\u2019s this?\u201d She arched an eyebrow. \u201cDefinitely curiosity. And a lot of anger, my my. You do a lovely poker face, Mr Stark, but I\u2019ll give you a secret: I know what you\u2019re feeling.\u201d His … Continue reading Curiosity kills<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10,4059,3784],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33065"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33065\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}